Introduction to Continuum Mechanics (Pergamon Unified Engineering Series)

<p>This revised text provides a clear introduction to modern continuum mechanics aimed at beginners in the field. The concept of tensors is introduced through the idea of linear transformation. The interrelation of direct notation, indicial notation of cartesian tensors, and matrix operations is clearly presented. A most useful feature of the book is the many worked examples (over 100) which fully illustrate the various aspects of the subject and both the student and lecturer will find the problems and answers (over 250) of inestimable value for teaching and self study. Units are given in both the SI/Metric and Imperial systems where appropriate</p>

Science & Math

Lai, W.M.

Rubin, D.

Kremple, E.

Mathematics

Pergamon

This revised text provides a clear introduction to modern continuum mechanics aimed at beginners in the field. The concept of tensors is introduced through the idea of linear transformation. The interrelation of direct notation, indicial notation of cartesian tensors, and matrix operations is clearly presented. A most useful feature of the book is the many worked examples (over 100) which fully illustrate the various aspects of the subject and both the student and lecturer will find the problems and answers (over 250) of inestimable value for teaching and self study. Units are given in both the SI/Metric and Imperial systems where appropriate

By Donna S. Rubin ISBN: 978-1-84747-180-2 Published: 2007 Pages: 93 Key Themes:  poetry, manic depression, bi-polar disorder, humour, self-harm, North American author Description I've written a book, but it's not the usual kind of "I've got this disorder, this is how I deal". My book is funny and it rhymes. I think it helps people. Those I've shared it with said it's made it easier to understand the illness without making it obvious that that's what I am doing. I rhyme a lot, make fun of psychiatry and talk about the hospital as an imperfect place that doesn't promise a cure, but does the best it can. I make fun of the food, my own doctor, and talk about friends I've made, and lost. My last poem talks about self-injury, which to some people might be disturbing, but it is a part of my illness, so I write about it. I Go from Bad to Verse is not like any other book - it makes my story approachable; in between readable verses, I explain how I came to write each poem. I think anyone can pick it up and grasp what someone with a chronic illness goes through. Just because an illness is a mental one shouldn't stop it from being understandable and have people relate to it. Donna S. Rubin About the Author Donna S. Rubin is 48 and lives in a suburb of New York City. She was diagnosed with bipolar-disorder approximately 12 years ago and her poetry reflects issues dealing with having a mental illness. She is a college graduate and even though she wasn't diagnosed in college, in retrospect she went through a major depression in her freshman year. Currently she is between jobs, trying to figure out what her next step is before becoming a famous author! Book Extract I wrote this poem during my freshman year in college, when I first encountered depression and all the uncertainty it brought. This was before I was ever even in therapy, and the questions that I ask in it are so much the struggle I came to later that I had to include it here. It is one of the few poems I've ever written that doesn't rhyme.

I Go from Bad to Verse

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